Steam News23 February 20251y ago

Steam Next Fest 2025 x Demo Update (0.0.6h)

Ahoy, adventurers! 🌊 Fresh and ready for Next Fest 2025! A new demo build is ready!

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Full Sunken Stones update

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What changed

0 fixes3 additions4 changes1 removal

Gameplay
UI and audio

addedAhoy, adventurers! 🌊 Fresh and ready for Next Fest 2025! A new demo build is ready! The focus for this release is quality-of-life improvements, including:

changedUpdated Affliction UI elements when choosing boons

changedUpdated crew portrait art (not final but replaces some of the placeholder assets)

changedUpdated tutorial (hopefully this makes some of the game systems clearer)

changedReworked how the creeps functioned in Zone 2

addedAdded George, the Lucky Manatee! - a special helpful spawn that shows up during runs

Sunken Stones changes

addedAhoy, adventurers! 🌊 Fresh and ready for Next Fest 2025! A new demo build is ready! The focus for this release is quality-of-life improvements, including:

changedUpdated Affliction UI elements when choosing boons

changedUpdated crew portrait art (not final but replaces some of the placeholder assets)

changedUpdated tutorial (hopefully this makes some of the game systems clearer)

changedReworked how the creeps functioned in Zone 2

Ahoy, adventurers! 🌊 Fresh and ready for Next Fest 2025! A new demo build is ready! The focus for this release is quality-of-life improvements, including:

Update Highlights

Crew Mate details on hover

Updated Affliction UI elements when choosing boons

Updated crew portrait art (not final but replaces some of the placeholder assets)

Updated tutorial (hopefully this makes some of the game systems clearer)

Reworked how the creeps functioned in Zone 2

Added George, the Lucky Manatee! - a special helpful spawn that shows up during runs

Removed 3rd Captain and reduced demo pool to 18 crew mates (There's still some balancing that needs to be done)

Thank you for all your feedback, and we hope you enjoy the new updates to Sunken Stones as part of Next Fest 2025!

Source

Steam News / 23 February 2025

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